An error by Bill Russell with two out in the ninth inning enabled the Padres to defeat the Dodgers, 3-2. Dave Winfield homered for the Padres and Bill Buckner for the Dodgers to help forge a 2-2 tie before Willie McCovey doubled for the Padres with one away in the ninth.

After an intentional pass to Winfield, Derrel Thomas flied out and John Scott, running for McCovey, advanced to third after the catch. Dave Hilton then hit a grounder which Russell booted, allowing Scott to score. The victory on a six-hitter by Dan Spillner was only the second for the Padres in 17 meetings with the Dodgers this season. [The Sporting News]



San Diego Padres 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 2
Game Played on Friday, September 27, 1974 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium
Dodgers      0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  1  -   2  6  3
Padres       0  1  0    0  1  0    0  0  1  -   3  6  0


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lacy 2b               3   0   0   0     0   0   .278      Hernandez ss          4   0   0   0     0   0   .233
  Joshua ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .239      Tolan rf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .266
  Brewer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Grubb cf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .292
Buckner lf            4   2   2   1     0   0   .316      McCovey 1b            4   0   1   0     0   2   .253
Wynn cf               4   0   2   1     0   0   .271        Scott pr            0   1   0   0     0   0   .067
Garvey 1b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .313      Winfield lf           3   1   1   1     1   2   .266
Ferguson rf,c         3   0   1   0     1   0   .255      Thomas 2b             4   0   1   0     0   2   .248
Cey 3b                4   0   0   0     0   0   .263      Hilton 3b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .234
Russell ss            3   0   1   0     0   0   .266      Cannizzaro c          3   0   2   1     0   0   .190
Yeager c              2   0   0   0     0   1   .266      Spillner p            2   0   0   0     0   2   .023
  Crawford ph,rf      1   0   0   0     0   0   .294
Sutton p              2   0   0   0     0   2   .186
  Hopkins ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .364
  Lopes 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .264

Totals               31   2   6   2     1   3             Totals               32   3   6   2     1   9

Time of Game: 2:00   Attendance: 14,253
Left on Base: Dodgers 4, Padres 5
DP: Dodgers 1, Padres 1
Errors: Lacy, Cey, Russell
Doubles: Russell (18), Ferguson (13), McCovey (18)
Triples: Buckner (3), Hilton (2)
Home Runs: Buckner (7), Winfield (20)
Sacrifice Hits: Garvey (1), Spillner (4)
GIDP: Cey (17), Tolan (5)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton                  7     4   2   2   0   8   1  25   3.29
Brewer L(4-4)           1.2   2   1   0   1   1   0   9   2.41
Totals                  8.2   6   3   2   1   9   1  34

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Spillner W(9-11)        9     6   2   2   1   3   1  33   3.87
Totals                  9     6   2   2   1   3   1  33

Umpires: HP - Bob Engel, 1B - Frank Pulli, 2B - Ed Sudol, 3B - Lee Weyer


DODGERS 1ST: Lacy grounded out (second to first); Buckner flied
out to center; Wynn flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Hernandez grounded out (shortstop to first); Tolan
struck out; Grubb grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Padres 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Garvey grounded out (third to first); Ferguson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cey popped to second; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 2ND: McCovey popped to catcher in foul territory;
Winfield homered; Thomas was called out on strikes; Hilton flied
out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Padres 1.

DODGERS 3RD: Russell doubled to right; Yeager lined to left;
Sutton struck out; Lacy flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0, Padres 1.

PADRES 3RD: Cannizzaro reached on an error by Cey [Cannizzaro to
second]; Spillner reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice
bunt [Cannizzaro to third]; Hernandez flied out to right; Tolan
grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first)
[Spillner out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 0,
Padres 1.

DODGERS 4TH: Buckner homered; Wynn popped to first; Garvey flied
out to center; Ferguson doubled to center; Cey lined to center;
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Padres 1.

PADRES 4TH: Grubb grounded out (first to pitcher); McCovey
struck out; Winfield struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
1, Padres 1.

DODGERS 5TH: Russell grounded out (second to first); Yeager
struck out; Sutton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Padres 1.

PADRES 5TH: Thomas struck out; Hilton tripled to center;
Cannizzaro singled to left [Hilton scored, Cannizzaro out at
second (left to shortstop)]; Spillner struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Padres 2.

DODGERS 6TH: Lacy grounded out (shortstop to first); Buckner
flied out to center; Wynn singled to left; Garvey forced Wynn
(second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Padres
2.

PADRES 6TH: Hernandez grounded out (shortstop to first); Tolan
reached on an error by Lacy; Tolan was picked off first (catcher
to first); Grubb popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
1, Padres 2.

DODGERS 7TH: Ferguson grounded out (third to first); Cey flied
out to left; Russell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Padres 2.

PADRES 7TH: McCovey struck out; Winfield struck out; Thomas
singled to center; Hilton grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Padres 2.

DODGERS 8TH: CRAWFORD BATTED FOR YEAGER; Crawford popped to
first; HOPKINS BATTED FOR SUTTON; Hopkins flied out to right;
JOSHUA BATTED FOR LACY; Joshua flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Padres 2.

PADRES 8TH: BREWER REPLACED JOSHUA (PITCHING); FERGUSON CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); CRAWFORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF);
LOPES REPLACED HOPKINS (PLAYING 2B); Cannizzaro singled to left;
Spillner struck out; Hernandez flied out to center; Tolan flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Padres 2.

DODGERS 9TH: Buckner tripled to right; Wynn singled to center
[Buckner scored]; Garvey out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to
first) [Wynn to second]; Ferguson was walked intentionally; Cey
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Ferguson out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 2,
Padres 2.

PADRES 9TH: Grubb grounded out (second to first); McCovey
doubled to left; SCOTT RAN FOR MCCOVEY; Winfield was walked
intentionally; Thomas flied out to center [Scott to third];
Hilton reached on an error by Russell [Scott scored (unearned)
(no RBI), Winfield to second]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Dodgers 2, Padres 3.